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Red Nose Day 2024 to include Alan Partridge and The Traitors
Wednesday 28th February 2024
Details of this year's Comic Relief telethon have been revealed, including a headline sketch spoofing The Traitors and the return of Alan Partridge to BBC One.
The Kumars to return to TV
Friday 23rd February 2024
Fictional comedy family The Kumars are returning to television, via a new version of their show commissioned by American network Fox.
Janice Okoh pens BBC comedy drama about siblings with a missing mum
Thursday 22nd February 2024
We Go Again, a BBC Three comedy drama series about three stubbornly optimistic siblings with a dark secret pertaining to their mother, has been created by writer Janice Okoh.
Gareth Southgate play Dear England to become BBC series
Thursday 22nd February 2024
Dear England, the hit comedic stage play about Gareth Southgate and the England men's football team, is to become a BBC One series.
Scrapper director Charlotte Regan creates crime family series for BBC
Thursday 22nd February 2024
The BBC has commissioned Mint, "a darkly comic and unconventional drama about what it means to be part of a crime family", from writer and filmmaker Charlotte Regan who garnered critical acclaim for her recent BAFTA-nominated film Scrapper.
Film Club romcom series coming to BBC Three
Thursday 22nd February 2024
Sex Education star Aimee Lou Wood and SAS Rogue Heroes actor Ralph Davis have teamed up to make Film Club, a romantic comedy drama series for BBC Three about two people who are in love with each other but aren't telling each other.
Extraordinary's Luke Rollason stars in two upcoming films
Saturday 17th February 2024
Extraordinary's Luke Rollason stars in two films being released later this year, the BBC comedy short Quiet Life, which he co-wrote, and the largely improvised feature Two Big Feet, in which he plays a hobbyist monster hunter who thinks he's seen a sasquatch.
Ruth Jones pours cold water on Gavin & Stacey reunion reports
Wednesday 14th February 2024
Gavin & Stacey co-creator Ruth Jones has played down the possibility of the hit sitcom returning for a Christmas special, saying it was "sadly a rumour".
Gavin & Stacey to return for 2024 Christmas special
Tuesday 13th February 2024
James Corden and Ruth Jones are reportedly working on a new Gavin & Stacey special. Filmed this summer, it will air on BBC One at Christmas.
Adrian Edmondson films Bottom documentary
Friday 9th February 2024
Adrian Edmondson has now filmed his contributions to Bottom: Exposed, a new documentary looking at the classic sitcom he created with Rik Mayall.